Patents by Inventor Man Sik Cho

Man Sik Cho has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10511000
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery with an electrode terminal connected to a lead tab, a metal holder to accommodate the battery, and an insulating holder spacing apart the metal holder from the battery, the insulating holder including a coupling part coupled with the metal holder, and the lead tab being connected to electrode terminal through an opening in the insulating holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Man Sik Cho
  • Patent number: 10170736
    Abstract: A battery case is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery case includes a front case and an attaching/detaching mechanism. The front case includes a first surface corresponding to a front end portion of a battery module placed in parallel to a bottom surface thereof, and a first flange portion extending toward the battery module from the periphery of the first surface, the first flange portion having an opening formed in an upper surface thereof. The attaching/detaching mechanism includes an elastic member positioned between the front case and a front end portion of the battery module, cover members respectively surrounding both ends of the elastic member, an extending member extended upward from one area of each cover member, and a press member respectively formed toward both the ends of the elastic portion at end portions of the extending member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kwang-Soo Bae, Sun-Hye Hu
  • Patent number: 10079376
    Abstract: A battery pack that prevents arbitrary disassembly, and yet, that can be separated, includes a battery cell, a case for accommodating the battery cell therein, and a holder enclosing the case. A first engagement portion is formed on an outer surface of the case, and a second engagement portion is formed on an inner surface of the holder for coupling with the first engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, So-Ra Lee
  • Patent number: 10050243
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack including: a cell holder configured to accommodate unit battery cells; a lower case configured to accommodate the cell holder; an upper case attached to an opening of the lower case and covering the cell holder and the unit battery cells; a tab having an end portion drawn out of a through-hole of the upper case to be on an outer surface of the upper case while coupling the unit battery cells; and a terminal electrically coupled to the end portion of the tab while overlapping therewith and attached to the upper case while covering the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kum-Yul Hwang
  • Patent number: 9917290
    Abstract: A battery module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries having a terminal, a holder combined to end portions of the rechargeable batteries and having a first fastening portion, and a bus bar combined to the terminal, electrically connecting the rechargeable batteries, and having a second fastening portion to be fitted into the first fastening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Man-Sik Cho
  • Patent number: 9698452
    Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery arrays, each battery array including unit batteries that each have a terminal, the plurality of battery arrays being stacked in a first direction; an insulator on at least one side of the battery arrays, terminals of the unit batteries being on the one side; and a sensing bar on the insulator, wherein the insulator includes at least one opening therein, at least one terminal being exposed through the at least one opening, and the sensing bar is electrically connected to the at least one terminal exposed through the at least one opening to sense a state of the battery array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kum-Yul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170187012
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery with an electrode terminal connected to a lead tab, a metal holder to accommodate the battery, and an insulating holder spacing apart the metal holder from the battery, the insulating holder including a coupling part coupled with the metal holder, and the lead tab being connected to electrode terminal through an opening in the insulating holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Man Sik CHO
  • Publication number: 20160336629
    Abstract: A battery module, including a plurality of rechargeable batteries; and a plurality of holders made from an insulating material, the plurality of holders including receiving spaces for receiving the rechargeable batteries, and the plurality of holders including a cooling passage in the receiving spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Man-Sik CHO, Sun-Hye HU
  • Publication number: 20160164051
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a unit cell including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab, a cell holder accommodating the unit cell, the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab being exposed by the cell holder, a first clip fixed to the cell holder, the first electrode tab being detachably inserted into the first clip, and a second clip fixed to the cell holder, the second electrode tab being detachably inserted into the second clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Man-Sik CHO, So-Ra LEE
  • Publication number: 20160099491
    Abstract: A battery pack, including a battery case; a plurality of batteries in the battery case, each of the plurality of batteries extending in a first direction; and a heat radiation member between adjacent batteries and receiving the adjacent batteries on opposite sides, the heat radiation member including a pair of holders to fix opposite ends of the adjacent batteries; a pair of coupling portions extending in the first direction from between the pair of holders and coupling the pair of holders; and a space portion between the pair of holders and the pair of coupling portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Man-Sik CHO, Sun-Hye HU
  • Publication number: 20150263393
    Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery arrays, each battery array including unit batteries that each have a terminal, the plurality of battery arrays being stacked in a first direction; an insulator on at least one side of the battery arrays, terminals of the unit batteries being on the one side; and a sensing bar on the insulator, wherein the insulator includes at least one opening therein, at least one terminal being exposed through the at least one opening, and the sensing bar is electrically connected to the at least one terminal exposed through the at least one opening to sense a state of the battery array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Man-Sik CHO, Kum-Yul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150207117
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack including: a cell holder configured to accommodate unit battery cells; a lower case configured to accommodate the cell holder; an upper case attached to an opening of the lower case and covering the cell holder and the unit battery cells; a tab having an end portion drawn out of a through-hole of the upper case to be on an outer surface of the upper case while coupling the unit battery cells; and a terminal electrically coupled to the end portion of the tab while overlapping therewith and attached to the upper case while covering the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kum-Yul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150140364
    Abstract: A battery case is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery case includes a front case and an attaching/detaching mechanism. The front case includes a first surface corresponding to a front end portion of a battery module placed in parallel to a bottom surface thereof, and a first flange portion extending toward the battery module from the periphery of the first surface, the first flange portion having an opening formed in an upper surface thereof. The attaching/detaching mechanism includes an elastic member positioned between the front case and a front end portion of the battery module, cover members respectively surrounding both ends of the elastic member, an extending member extended upward from one area of each cover member, and a press member respectively formed toward both the ends of the elastic portion at end portions of the extending member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kwang-Soo Bae, Sun-Hye Hu
  • Publication number: 20150086834
    Abstract: A battery module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries having a terminal, a holder combined to end portions of the rechargeable batteries and having a first fastening portion, and a bus bar combined to the terminal, electrically connecting the rechargeable batteries, and having a second fastening portion to be fitted into the first fastening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Man-Sik CHO
  • Publication number: 20140377591
    Abstract: A battery pack that prevents arbitrary disassembly, and yet, that can be separated, includes a battery cell, a case for accommodating the battery cell therein, and a holder enclosing the case. A first engagement portion is formed on an outer surface of the case, and a second engagement portion is formed on an inner surface of the holder for coupling with the first engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, So-Ra Lee
  • Patent number: 7878039
    Abstract: A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a notching unit for notching the flange of the stock fed by the feeding mechanism along the path of travel, and a bending unit for bending the stock under the control of the computer control system into the desired configuration for the channel letter shape, wherein the notching unit and the flanging unit are disposed upstream of the bending unit and the flanging unit is disposed upstream of the notching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: SDS USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ju Woong Park, Man Sik Cho, Sang Moo Lee, Byoung-Young Song
  • Publication number: 20090013747
    Abstract: A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a notching unit for notching the flange of the stock fed by the feeding mechanism along the path of travel, and a bending unit for bending the stock under the control of the computer control system into the desired configuration for the channel letter shape, wherein the notching unit and the flanging unit are disposed upstream of the bending unit and the flanging unit is disposed upstream of the notching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Ju Woong Park, Man Sik Cho, Sang Moo Lee, Byoung-Young Song
  • Patent number: 7441434
    Abstract: A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a notching unit for notching the flange of the stock fed by the feeding mechanism along the path of travel, and a bending unit for bending the stock under the control of the computer control system into the desired configuration for the channel letter shape, wherein the notching unit and the flanging unit are disposed upstream of the bending unit and the flanging unit is disposed upstream of the notching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: SDS USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ju Woong Park, Man Sik Cho, Sang Moo Lee, Byoung-Young Song
  • Publication number: 20080034631
    Abstract: The invention provides a length adjustable pole display system. The pole display system includes a display unit for displaying information, a base placed on a floor, and a pole unit connecting between the display having an upper end attached to the display unit, a lower pole having a lower end attached to the base and an adjustment member meshed with an outer surface of the lower pole into which a lower end of the upper pole is inserted. The adjustment member tightens an upper inner surface of the lower pole against a lower outer surface of the upper pole when locked. The poll connecting between the display unit and the base can be adjusted in length freely and simply to flexibly vary the whole length of the pole display system, thereby improving user convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Bixolon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Gwan Kim, Man Sik Cho